I love the low tech cycling subculture at yt - bikepackers, mechanics, tinkerers…
Like Path less pedaled and BikeFarmer.
They show how the bikes should be simple, mechanical machines that are bombproof and easy to repair not some high tech racing monsters.
In my experience the drip on wax is enough. I put new chain in acetone, then alcohol (each bath about a day), just in mason jar nothing fancy.
After installation I apply drip on wax, which lasts about 100-150 km (it is based on really soft paraffin so doesn’t last long).